In
February 1758, he married Albany native Barbara
Marselis. That union produced five or more children who also were
baptized in the Dutch church where he was
a member and later an officer.

Henry Bogert derived his income from several sources. From his home near
the waterfront, he may have practiced the carpenter's trade. At the same
time, he skippered a sloop that was called the Magdeline in 1776.
By that time, he was drawing maps for the city of Albany and other clients.

This Henry Bogert also found time to perform other civic duties. After
serving as a constable, in 1761 he
was first elected assistant alderman for the first
ward. Four months after being sworn in as Albany's first official
surveyor in 1766,
he was elected alderman - serving in that post for several years.

He signed the Sons of Liberty Constitution
in 1766. In 1775, he was elected to represent the first ward on the Albany
Committee of Correspondence and served on
that board throughout its lifetime. In 1776, he signed
the "General Association." This Patriot stalwart carried personnel, prisoners,
and supplies on his sloop - turning over operation of the Magdeline
to his teen-aged son at the end of 1776.
He also served the Continental
army as Assistant Deputy Quartermaster General procuring and shipping
needed materials in all directions. After the war, he received a land
bounty right.

After the war, he resumed his duties as city surveyor - teaching his
sons well enough to succeed him in the near future. Henry was given a
supervisory role in the weighing and docking of vessels at Albany, and
served on a number of commissions as well. His comfortable home
in the heart of the city was
an Albany landmark. Later, he
moved north to what became 181 North Market Street.

Barbara Marselis Bogert passed on at the end of 1816 thus ending a marriage
of fifty-eight years. By that time Henry I. Bogert was living with the
family of his son Gerrit at 124 Hudson
Street. He died in June 1821 in his ninety-second year. Letters of Administration
were issued on his estate in September. He was buried
in the Washington Park Cemetery. In 1867, he was re-interred at Albany
Rural Cemetery.